diff --git a/tools/sdbusplus/__init__.py b/tools/sdbusplus/__init__.py
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+++ b/tools/sdbusplus/__init__.py
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+from sdbusplus.interface import Interface
diff --git a/tools/sdbusplus/interface.py b/tools/sdbusplus/interface.py
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+++ b/tools/sdbusplus/interface.py
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+import os
+import yaml
+from .namedelement import NamedElement
+
+class Interface(NamedElement, object):
+    @staticmethod
+    def load(name, rootdir='.'):
+        filename = os.path.join(rootdir,
+                                name.replace('.', '/') + ".interface.yaml")
+
+        with open(filename) as f:
+            data = f.read();
+            y = yaml.safe_load(data)
+            y['name'] = name
+            return Interface(**y)
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super(Interface, self).__init__(**kwargs)
diff --git a/tools/sdbusplus/namedelement.py b/tools/sdbusplus/namedelement.py
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+++ b/tools/sdbusplus/namedelement.py
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+class NamedElement(object):
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        self.name = kwargs.pop('name', "unnamed")
+        self.description = kwargs.pop('description', "")
+        super(NamedElement, self).__init__(**kwargs)